Chris,
For a little money I use to go digging in the "holler" on our family farm in West Virginia for ginseng root. After the first freeze, the leaves of the plant turn a unique gold color and the red berries rise up from the center in clumps. The plant is hard to spot but once the leaves change color, it is easier to find, and usually on the north slope of a heavily old growth timbered area, as it is the darkest and coolest place ginseng likes to grow.
At the time, one could get 180 dollars per pound of root, and if one dried the root in an old car with the windshield intact, the outside dried out, but the inside stayed a bit heavier with moisture, and make a bit more.
Whether factual or not I am not sure, but my mother told of a distant female relative carrying muffins under her billowed out dress to feed the rebel troops hiding out in the "holler" of the family farm during the Civil War.
Sorry, I digress, but out here a "holler" is called a "coulee" and the term brought back old memories.
But I have to wrap this up and get back to my original point, and AC for me, is all about the freedom to continue in the Sacred Profession. I was telling my financial adviser that in 20 years of practice that right now is the absolute best time to be a primary care doctor. The tools at hand with AC/Updox/Up to date, and the things done at the point of care with a patient is nothing short of spectacular.
Of course she thought I stepped right out of the "holler" when I expressed this sentiment, but this is how I see it.
